Blue Carbon, Oceans and Underwater Issues – A New Perspective based on the Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) Framework
Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune
Key Highlights
- The recently concluded G20 Summit in New Delhi made a successful declaration to unite the global community and commit to “One Earth, One Family, and One Future.”
- Biosphere reserves are a great concept to ensure the protection of ecologically sensitive regions from the onslaught of so-called development.
- The UDA framework enables policy and technology interventions, along with acoustic capacity and capability building.
- UDA-driven Biosphere Reserves need to be established with a clear focus on digital transformation
India is emerging as a global power, and the global community has significant expectations from Indian leadership to demonstrate affirmative action in terms of sustainable growth and climate change risk management. The geopolitical and geostrategic center of gravity in the 21st century has shifted to the Indo-Pacific region, and more and more nations are maintaining their strategic presence in the region. The Indo-Pacific strategic space, by definition, includes the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Thus, the contemporary focus must include the blue economy and ocean issues. The 2015 Paris summit for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), under the Conference of the Parties (COP21), declared the roadmap to achieve climate goals. The 196 parties committed to the Paris declaration and formulated their own Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). India updated its NDC in August 2022 in a Union Cabinet meeting chaired by the Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The updated NDC is a step towards achieving India’s Panchamrit (five nectar elements) declarations at COP26 (Glasgow, United Kingdom), with enhanced climate targets. It also aims towards reaching net-zero emissions by 2070.
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Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune
A researcher, maritime strategist, technocrat and entrepreneur, Dr. (Cdr) Arnab Das is the founder and Director of Maritime Research Center (MRC), Pune and he personally drives all the initiatives. Dr. Das completed his Masters and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi while serving in the Indian Navy as a uniformed officer for two decades.